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J. OBRIEN.

BOOTFOR HORSES. 110.290.096. Y PatentedDemll, 18.83.

' WITNESSES: mvENToEi a 2 r I 00 B w I ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMESOBRIEN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOT FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,096, dated December11, 1883,

' Application filed October 12, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES OBRIEN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots forHorses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to boots for horses to protect the legs of theanimal from injury.

The main object of my invention is to produce a neat and substantialboot which, while it may be securely attached by straps, shall have anelastic fastening grip or hold on the leg, so as not to impedecirculation, and give freedom of motion to the joint or joints of theleg where it is applied; and theinvention consists ina novelconstruction of the boot by which a yielding material is made to form apart of the fastening device, substantially as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in elevation as seen from the inside of ahorses leg, in part,

with my improved boot applied. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of saidboot when fully open, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of the sameclosed.

Ais the pad of the boot, which consists of a leather outer sole stitchedupon an inner sole or body, B, suitably lined or padded, andmade withquarter-pieces b b to encircle or nearly encircle the leg of the animal.Secured on or along each side edge of the pad Aas, for instance, betweenit and the body Bbystitching or otherwise are two broad elastic flaps ofyielding or elastic material 00, which may consist of strips of elasticwebbing, either single or doubled, as shown in Fig. 3. D Dand D D arethe straps and buckles by which the boot is secured on the leg of theanimal, and which are fastened, respectively--that is, the straps D D-tothe one elastic flap O and the buckles D D to the other elastic. flap G.The elastic or yielding material thus forms a portion of the fasteningdevice, so that when the straps are entered through the buckles andtightened up the flaps O C will be more or'less stretched and furnish anelastic fastening or fit of the boot on the leg to the greater comfortof the horses and increased freedom of action so far as the joint of the.leg is con cerned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim. as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The elastic flaps O O, in combination with the bodyportion B of the boot provided with the pad A, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination of the straps D and buckles D with the elastic flapsG O and the body portion B of the boot provided with the pad A,essentially as shown and described.

JAMES oBEIEN.

